[nabs-l] job evaluation

Wed Oct 29 23:30:34 UTC 2008

Hope,
I see no reason why you would need to ahve an aid in the room when teaching high school; I would think it would be easy enough to tell when students are/are not payin attention, whispering, passing notes, etc.  And I am totally blind, so I don't have a "partial vision" bias, either, if that makes sense.  I've never stuent tought, or anything, but it just makes sense to me.

But here's a question, and maybe more appropriately directed to the educators' list, but when you say, "Does anyone have any questions," whether that be to a group of students, or any audience, how do you get responses.  Obviously you can see them raise their hands, but that's waht we're all taught to do from childhoo, so what do you say?  It's always a little awkward for me to explain because I odn't have a quick way of explaining it, etc.  This this make sense?

Thanks, and anyone with more experience on the eyes in the room thing please chime in as I am only guessing.

Harry

--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at maine.edu> wrote:

From: Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] job evaluation
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 6:20 PM

Hello.  I've worked with children  many occations.  I worked  at 
Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts last 
Summer and plan to go there again after I graduate in May.  In 
this situation, I worked with children and also teen agers with 
multiple disabilities.  I've also worked as a counselor at a 
daycare summer camp when in high school.  Keep in mind, I'm 
toffally blind.  I did things differently, I usually worked with 
a child one on one.  When I graduate, I'll work as a teacher most 
likely.  Í'll probably have an ed tech to assist me, just  to 
have a pair of eyes in the room but I'd be working with high 
school students.  You'll probably have sighted people working 
with you if you're going to work in a daycare environment.  
You'll need to take CPR training or first aid.  This can be done, 
I've done it several times.  I got my certification, then I had 
to recertify.

Hope this helps.
Hope and Beignet

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rachel Becker" <Rachel at BeckerConsultants.com
>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:08:19 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] job evaluation

>I have worked with children.  I know some blind people in the NFB 
have done
>it.  There was an elementary school teacher in Maryland but she 
has moved
>away.  There are some things that you would have to do 
differently, such as
>monitoring the playground.  Working with children can be hard but 
it can be a
>lot of fun too.  Good luck with everything.  I hope this helps.
>Rachel
>P.S.  Are you coming to convention?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
>Behalf Of Jess Watson
>Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:32 AM
>To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [nabs-l] job evaluation

>Hi everyone, I hope everyone is doing well.  I am doing great.  I 
apologize
>that this information that I am about to share with you is 
unrelated to the
>current topic.  I would like to inform everyone that my rehab 
counselor and I
>are getting the job evaluation process started.  I have decided 
to not worry
>about college for now because I want to get a job as either a 
receptionist
>or in childcare.  I have done phone work in the past, and I 
actually did
>pretty well at that.  However, I am wondering if any of you have 
worked with
>children in any way, and if that would be a realistic job for a 
blind
>person? I would appreciate any opinions you can give me.  thank 
you
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